Sonic Comics

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I really enjoyed those comics TheNewGuy! What magazine are they from, older SEGA Visions?

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I really enjoyed those comics TheNewGuy! What magazine are they from, older SEGA Visions?

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This was the 1st issue of the British "Sonic the Comic" (sans the reviews and news pages) which was a Sega themed comic book, each issue would have one or two Sonic strips, with 1 or 2 other Sega character stories (Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Kid Chameleon etc), and a couple of pages of reviews, and maybe 1 page of news making up the rest of the comic.

I have them all on my hard drive

ahhh, Sonic The Comic.. My childhood

What was the robot that did the questions called? MegaDroid?

The US got a totally different series of comics. Or perhaps more accurately, series of series of comics. In addition to some early false starts, the main series had so many different spinoffs and alternate versions and miniseries that I've long since given up trying to understand it all. There's well over 450 issues across the two countries. Ask me how I know...

Issue #2 we get the unfortunate occurence of Sonic wearing shades, and a cyborg Tails (the writing improved during subsequent years LOL), when seeing that this issue would have Wonder Boy in it I was excited but first impressions aren't great at the moment unfortunately.

So far I think the best one has been Golden Axe.

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ahhh, Sonic The Comic.. My childhood

What was the robot that did the questions called? MegaDroid?

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The robot was indeed called Mega Drive.

I used to adore STC and read most of them until the front convers fell off. I must have the first sixty or so editions (up until they slowed down on the other Sega strips like Streets of Rage and Shinobi and focused on Knuckles and various other Sonic spin-offs) in my parents loft.

Smith, the robot was called Mega Droid, not Mega Drive (but obviously, that was the pun). I loved STC, the later arcs were brillant, my fave the one being where Robotnik assembles all the emeralds, drains their power and becomes a god, and Sonic alone has to stop him.

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Issue #2 we get the unfortunate occurence of Sonic wearing shades, and a cyborg Tails (the writing improved during subsequent years LOL), when seeing that this issue would have Wonder Boy in it I was excited but first impressions aren't great at the moment unfortunately.

So far I think the best one has been Golden Axe.

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Ah, yes, I love how in those old comics it's okay to slice up mutants or monsters, destroy robots, shoot aliens... but cutting a human being is an absolute no-go (but choking one with a chain is apparently okay)... :p

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Smith, the robot was called Mega Droid, not Mega Drive (but obviously, that was the pun).

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That was a typo on my part.
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Hey Boomers!

Totally awesome, takes me back.

Used to get Sonic the Comic saved for me at my Gran's local newsagent on Stannington road in Sheffield. I can't for the life of me remember how much they cost, I do however remember having to Sellotape my old issues back together, and the mega awesome (as a 8 year old) 100th issue well when Sonic and Friends finally beat Robotnik, then they started the whole Flickies island story arc.

Dear Lord, but the Sonic artwork is horrendous. The artist wasn't capable of catching any proportions or perspectives right. Sonic in particular chances size and form throughout, sometimes even in between panels... sometimes his belly is bigger than his head, the next time it's a comparatively tiny bubble...

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Just plain awful...

That was from the early years, it got ALOT better. BTW, Archie's guilty of the same thing.

Since this thread was created:

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That is one of my favorites. And yes, I was too lazy to scan it. :p I need to find the "Top 10 Reasons to buy Sonic Comics". There's a good pic of Sonic dead and Sally crying her eyes out. LOL

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Ah, yes, I love how in those old comics it's okay to slice up mutants or monsters, destroy robots, shoot aliens... but cutting a human being is an absolute no-go (but choking one with a chain is apparently okay)... :p

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Chain Choking! this stuff would've been banned in Germany :D

Issue #3 Sonic meets some puke-inducing squirrels and Shinobi beats up an old man

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Originally Posted by Thenewguy

Chain Choking! this stuff would've been banned in Germany :D

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It sure as hell would've ;)

(actually don't know if these comics were ever translated and published in Germany, but I don't think they were - at least I Never saw any).

Is anyone else enjoying these comics as much as I am?

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For a sec I thought you said "annoying" instead of enjoying, and i was gonna agree with you.

Good god such horrendous storytelling, its like it was made up on the fly.

Yeah yeah just eh.. have him kick Sonic and then be all polite again, then eh.. yeah yeah the badniks are gonna crush him,
no wait they'll dump him in lava haha no thats what he thought, they're gonna transform him into a badnik like them!
haha great storytelling, I'm Shakespeare Silent Bob and I didn't even know it!

I enjoy them, only the Sonic art looks bad in my opinion. Don't give a thing about shinobi, not my style and taste.

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Good god such horrendous storytelling, its like it was made up on the fly.

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The Sonic strip is squarely aimed at under 10s I would say, but I'm also wondering whether the writers were unsure and unconfident on what exactly they were allowed to do (notice that the stories don't really branch out from the games, they contain the same environments, and the extra characters are directly based on animals which jump out of the badnics etc, and each story is consequence free), at this stage they may have been unsure on whether they could write anything which affected canon, That's just an idea, but over time the stories did seem to become more ambitious, and did branch out from the plots of other Sonic series'.

Of course they may well have just brought in better writers later on ;)

The Golden Axe plotline seems to be fairly entertaining at the moment, and the Shinobi one, whilst not exactly brimming with originality has some decent fight choreography and artwork.

If people aren't really that interested I'll probably call it a day here.

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I'm interested! I haven't read many of the Fleetway Sonic comics. Keep 'em coming! :)

Please keep them coming! I actually really enjoy reading them, haha! How many do you have?

Back by popular demand LOL (also I worked out a way to do this much faster so there's less effort involved)

Issue #4 (If you're hoping this indicates an improvement in the Sonic artwork, then don't, I just had a look at the issue after this and its possibly the worst yet LOL)

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How many do you have?

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Around a couple of hundred, last post was moderated by the way.

Post approved!

Also, that Sonic comic was seriously a lot worse than the others, hahaha! Still enjoying Shinobi though.

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Post approved!

Also, that Sonic comic was seriously a lot worse than the others, hahaha! Still enjoying Shinobi though.

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The next is the worst, believe me LOL!

Its weird, it seems as though the Sonic strip was actually the one which had the most trouble finding its footing, and is the most inconsistent. The staple writers and artists will start appearing soon though according to what Wikipedia says.

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Issue #6 sees the end of the 1st story arcs, new characters next ish!

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Aw, I want more comics to read, please?

Ah, bugger it! I wasn't going to dedicate a lot of time to this today, but I really want to get through the early issues to the better stuff.

This issue shows a marked improvement, next issue shows another marked improvement, and by #10 things are starting to better fall into place and the comic is starting to get going in earnest.

Issue #7 begins the start of the Streets of Rage and Kid Chameleon strips.

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Issue #8, we get an origin story for Sonic

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Loving that Streets of Rage comic! Man, I had no idea any of these existed! So these were only released in the UK or were these released in the United States as well?

Old video game comics are hard to come by in my neck of the woods...everyone's into superheroes!

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Loving that Streets of Rage comic! Man, I had no idea any of these existed! So these were only released in the UK or were these released in the United States as well?

Old video game comics are hard to come by in my neck of the woods...everyone's into superheroes!

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Nah, screw Superheroes, I don't gave a damn about superheroes anymore! All today's superheroes such as DC and Marvel ones should have retried all old heroes and than make something different that doesn't do anything with tights and muscles all the time.

I have known that Street of Rage comics did existed, but really can't find it due to fact that it may not come out in United States at all.

Hmm, I still need to know what happen to wonder boy, is he really turning into 100% demon soon? I want him to be a blue demon, yyeeesss.

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Loving that Streets of Rage comic! Man, I had no idea any of these existed! So these were only released in the UK or were these released in the United States as well?

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These are UK-exclusive. It's called "Sonic The Comic". The US got a totally different set of comics that didn't feature other game franchises.

Baloo -> I think these comics were only released in the UK, also Streets of Rage, yeah, I think the writer may have actually moved to the US after this and ended up working on Batman comics.

Issue #9 sees the end of the Wonder Boy story arc, and has Robotnik becoming dictator of Mobius (which lasts for some time if I recall correctly)

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Issue #10 heralds the start of Decap Attack

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These comics are actually getting better with every issue, both story- and graphicswise. Interesting (though every time I read the Shinobi-strip I gotta cringe! What kind of Ninja is this? Dude, you got a sword - frigging use it! If you want to fight non-lethally, use your friggin hands - you don't have to have the blade unsheathed at all times! Blocking a punch with both hands firmly gripping the sword handle, not using the blade itself? Really? Geez...)

Anyways, keep 'em coming! These strips are getting kind of cool now... (don't know why, but I really like the Decap Attack one).

The Sonic artwork is definitely getting much, much better from the earlier issues, and the Streets of Rage comic does have some very familiar artwork...I can't remember where I saw the style before though. I want to say Dick Tracy but I could be wrong.

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though every time I read the Shinobi-strip I gotta cringe! What kind of Ninja is this?

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Well wasn't this Sonic comic made in England? they probably pissed themselves every time they had to draw a Shinobi comic,

"so here's where he throws a throwing star"

NO THROWING STARS!!!!


(British politicians fear Ninja's in general)